Friends of the Library Book Sale returning to Lane Events Center
EUGENE, Ore. – Starting on Saturday, the giant Friends of the Library Book Sale is returning to the Lane Events Center. Visitors will be able to shop from thousands of gently-used and like-new books, and all proceeds from the sale will go to support the Eugene Public Library. Funds...
CAHOOTS aims to sustain vital services despite city’s budget cuts and contract termination
CAHOOTS union members and former employees are looking for a new way to keep their decades-old emergency services alive in Eugene after the city ended its contract Monday. Leaders with CAHOOTS hosted a town hall Thursday night at the University of Oregon to get the public's feedback following the City of Eugene's...
Kenworth truck involved in fatal crash
LANE COUNTY, Ore. — On Monday, April 7 at 3:28 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 99 S, near milepost 1.5, in Lane County. The preliminary investigation indicated a southbound Kenworth logtruck, operated by Christian James Gosset, 52, of Cottage Grove, slowed to make a left turn...
Everyday Heroes: Eugene woman gets third chance at life thanks to brother and nephew
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A woman gets the gift of a lifetime, not once, but twice. In 1991, a degenerative disease caused Susan Posner's kidney to fail -- interrupting her peaceful life as a businessowner in Eugene. She called her brother, Ian Hawker, who lived in Scotland at the...
Firefighters save pet rabbit from burning home near Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE, Ore. — Around 10:45 a.m. Thursday (April 10), firefighters from Brownsville Fire District were dispatched to a house fire at 33000 block of Sunset View Drive, a rural community 5 miles north of Brownsville. Firefighters arrived within two minutes of the alarm as they were on another incident...
Dismissed Waldport mayor removed from city council meeting, cited for disorderly conduct
Waldport's former mayor Heide Lambert had to be removed from a city council meeting Thursday after she took a seat at the city council meeting and refused to move, authorities said.
Oregon DMV finds cases of people being registered to vote despite not showing proof...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s DMV says it has found new cases of people being registered to vote despite not showing proof of U.S. citizenship, as it continues to review voter registration records following the disclosure of the errors last fall. A DMV report released Thursday revealed 118...
Wanted WA Felon With Gun & Drugs Arrested in OR Traffic Stop
What are the odds Police would capture an armed felon with drugs during a traffic stop? That's exactly what happened on Thursday in Oregon. In this case, the convicted felon is from Washington. OR Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of WA Armed Felon With Methamphetamine. Shortly after 9 pm, A...
Oregon inmate runs away from work crew in Salem; Caught by police
SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - An Oregon inmate briefly escaped from a work crew in Salem on Friday, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections. Shortly before 12:30 p.m., ODOC said Steven Timothy Gant ran away from an off-site work crew on foot, before being caught nearby on Mission Street by Oregon State Police officers.
Oregon Passes New Gun Law Limiting Citizens to Only Single-Shot Muskets
SALEM, OR — In a groundbreaking effort to reduce gun violence and increase reloading time to a full 90 seconds, Oregon lawmakers have passed a new bill that limits all private citizens to only single-shot muskets. Governor Tina Kotek signed the bill into law Tuesday while dramatically quoting Eminem: “You only get...